THE MICROBE LABinvites you to work with screenwriter, director and actorMATTHEW JACOBS

ONE-ON-ONE COACHING﻿ This is an exclusive opportunity to be individually coached and ﻿mentored﻿ by Matthew Jacobs. Contact us and set up a short free consultation with Matthew to work out an individual plan-of-action for you to get your script, production, career, or directing goals achieved. Rates are at $90 an hour.

﻿TEAM COACHINGFilmmaking relies on the ability to collaborate and pull together your successful “film family” as Guillermo Del Toro puts it. Either apply as an already formed group, or be guided to a group by Matthew. Get your first free consultation with Matthew.

ABOUT MATTHEW JACOBS ﻿﻿ Matthew Jacobs's screenwriting credits include The Emperor's New Groove, Doctor Who, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Paperhouse, Lassie, and scores of other produced movies and TV shows including most recently Justin and the Knights of Valour produced by Antonio Banderas that will be released in the US later this year. As a director, his award winning films have played Sundance, Seattle and London film festivals to name a few. His most recent micro-budget film Your Good Friend will be available on VOD this summer and his latest feature film Bar America has just finished post-production. As an actor, among other roles Matthew most recently played co-lead with Danny Huston in Bernard Rose's Boxing Day which premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival in 2012, was released theatrically in the UK and played the Los Angeles Film Festival to rave reviews in 2013. As a visiting lecturer since 2008, he has taught screenwriting or directing at UCLA extension, University of Texas at Austin, San Francisco City College, Cal State Summer Arts and Academy of Art University of San Francisco. Matthew recently completed his first book "THE MICROBE" a perspective on truly independent filmmaking, which will be available through this site in weeks to come.

"I have collaborated with Matthew for nearly thirty years on different projects and can vouch that he has a profound understanding of the complex and multifaceted equation that is filmmaking. He is also a very funny and empathetic person who can always see the positive way forward."Bernard Rose - director (Paperhouse, Candyman, Immortal Beloved and Boxing Day)

﻿ FORMER STUDENT TESTIMONIALS﻿ "Having worked one-on-one with Matthew Jacobs in a unique arrangement like the one he offers here, I can comfortably say that an investment in this type of training is money better spent than any other film training that I'm aware of." ﻿Dylan Glockler - cinematographer (Lovelace Doc 2013) "I was fortunate to have Matthew as a teacher. He was quick to identify the problems I would run into with my style of writing and directing, and quick to offer advice that I still carry with me. I watched him work similarly with other young filmmakers -- not imposing a style upon them, but helping them find the best incarnation of their own voices. And of course, most film schools won't teach you the kind of scrappy, make-it-happen filmmaking that Matthew relishes." Molly Green - director (Forev 2014)

"Matthew is a doer and inspires the people around him. He has a roster of past students who’ve shown success as filmmakers by getting their films into festivals, finding representation, and winning awards. Whatever your end goal may be, Matthew will help you achieve it."Vanessa Yuille - director